Sharp Electronics Corporation [MONTVALE, N.J.] today announces that Moonsun Park has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer for Sharp Electronics Corporation. After beginning her career with LG Electronics, Moonsun joined Sharp in 1998 as the manager of the Accounting Department and has since worked in various roles with the company. In March 2009, she was named Senior Manager of Revenue Accounting and in 2014 she was promoted to Corporate Controller. Earlier this year, she was elevated to Senior Vice President.

Summer Infant, Inc. [WOONSOCKET, R.I.] (NASDAQ: SUMR) announced that Paul Francese has been appointed as the Company’s new Senior Vice President and CFO. Mr. Francese replaces William Mote, who has resigned to pursue other professional interests. Francese most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Rain Carbon Inc. which he joined in 2015. From 2012 until 2014, Mr. Francese served as Summer Infant’s CFO and, prior to that, spent eight years as the Chief Financial Officer of OCI Enterprises. During the past 35 years, Mr. Francese has held positions at various levels of increasing responsibility at Cannondale Bicycle Corp., Pitney Bowes, FCI/Berg Electronics Group, Huffy Corporation, Litton Industries, United Technologies, and General Electric.

Mohawk Industries, Inc. [CALHOUN, Ga.] (NYSE: MHK) announced that Frank H. Boykin, chief financial officer, is planning to retire in 2019. Boykin joined Mohawk in 1993, moving up through various finance roles prior to his appointment as CFO in January 2005.

Newell Brands [HOBOKEN, N.J.] (NYSE: NWL) announced the appointment of Christopher “Chris” H. Peterson as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. The company previously announced current Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Ralph Nicoletti’s plans to retire at the close of 2018. Prior to his role at Newell Brands, Chris Peterson was Chief Operating Officer, Operations at Revlon, Inc. Previously he spent four years at Ralph Lauren, recruited as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and ultimately leaving the company as President, Global Brands, while retaining his CFO responsibilities. Prior to Ralph Lauren, Chris spent 20 years at Procter & Gamble in various roles of increasing responsibility, latest of which was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Global Household Care. He began his professional career in investment banking at Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co, Inc.

Tennant Company [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: TNC) announced the appointment of Keith A. Woodward to the position of Senior Vice President, CFO, effective Dec. 1, 2018. Mr. Woodward replaces Tom Paulson who announced his retirement earlier this year. Mr. Woodward spent the last 26 years with General Mills, Inc., most recently as Senior Vice President, Global Treasurer and prior to that as Senior Vice President, Finance, U.S. Retail for seven years. He currently sits on the Boards of Directors for Seneca Foods Corporation and Phillips Distilling Company.

Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. [ORLANDO, Fla.] (NYSE: HGV) announced the appointment of Daniel J. Mathewesas chief financial officer (CFO). Mathewes joins HGV from Virgin Hotels North America, where he was CFO since 2016. Prior to that role, Mathewes was CFO of The World and previously served as senior vice president of finance and treasury for Kerzner International. During his career, Mathewes also worked in multiple financial leadership capacities with NCL Corporation and Royal Caribbean Cruises. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Social Reality, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: SRAX) announced that J.P. Hannan will step down from his role as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hannan will continue to work for the Company during a yet to be determined transitional period. After Mr. Hannan’s last day of employment, Christopher Miglino, the Company’s president and CEO will serve as the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer, on an interim basis, until a successor for Mr. Hannan has been identified.

Syncsort [PEARL RIVER, N.Y.] announced that Kristian Talvitie has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Syncsort, Kristian served as CFO at Sovos Compliance, LLC. Before that, he held a variety of positions at PTC (NASDAQ: PTC).

Joe Scarano

RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc. [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Joe Scarano to Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Scarano served as CFO for Industrial Container Services. Previously, he spent a long tenure in the solid waste management industry, including the CFO position with WCA Waste Corporation.

Mood Media [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Stephen Duggan joined as EVP & Chief Financial Officer. Duggan spent the last six years at media giant Viacom and served in various positions, most recently as the Worldwide General Manager of Global Business Services. Duggan began his career at Arthur Andersen. He moved on to become the Chief Operating & Financial Officer of Publishing Group of America, the CEO of Alpha Media Group, and the President & CEO of Athlon Sports Communications prior to joining Viacom in 2012. Tom Garrett, Mood’s current EVP & Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Mood business and pursuing new opportunities.

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: GDI) announced that Neil Snyder will succeed Todd Herndon as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective January 1, 2019. Herndon will stay on with the company to assist in the transition of the CFO role to Snyder. Snyder is currently Senior Vice President of Global Finance, Business Development & Planning. Snyder joined Gardner Denver in March 2016 as Vice President of Strategy & Planning, Industrials Segment. In January 2017, he was promoted to Senior Vice President of Strategy, Business Development & Planning, and in August 2018, he took on expanded responsibilities with the appointment to his current role of Senior Vice President of Global Finance, Business Development & Planning, which includes leadership of the global finance and controllership functions. Prior to joining Gardner Denver, Snyder served at Capital Safety Inc. as its Vice President, Head of Financial Planning and Analysis from June 2012 to January 2016, and President, Europe, Middle East and Africa from September 2013 to May 2014. Before Capital Safety, he held various executive roles of increasing responsibility at United Technologies Corporation from 2007 to 2012. Snyder started his career at Ernst & Young LLP in public accounting. Herndon plans to retire later in 2019. Until then, he will stay with the company in an executive capacity and assist in the transition of the CFO role.

Ellie Mae® [PLEASANTON, Calif.] (NYSE: ELLI) announced that Dan Madden will join the organization as executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on December 20, 2018. Dan currently serves as Chief Financial Officer for Revel Systems. Prior to joining Revel, Dan was the Chief Financial Officer at Cepheid, and VP Finance & Corporate Controller at Symmetricom. Previously, Dan held financial leadership positions at Sonic Solutions, Advanced Fibre Communications, and McKesson. Dan began his career with Ernst & Young.

John McDonnell

Evive [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of John McDonnell to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Evive, McDonnell served as Chief Financial Officer of Infogix.

Team, Inc. [SUGAR LAND, Texas] (NYSE: TISI) announced that Susan M. Ball has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ball will succeed Greg L. Boane who stepped down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and will serve as a special advisor to Team’s Chief Executive Officer, to ensure a seamless transition. Prior to joining Team, Ball served for more than 12 years at CVR Energy, Inc. in various roles of increasing responsibility. In 2012, she was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for CVR Energy and its subsidiaries, CVR Refining, LP and CVR Partners, LP.

Christopher Free

TruWest Companies [WESTLAKE, Ohio] announced the hiring of new Chief Financial Officer Christopher Free. Free brings over 14 years of experience in financial management, mostly recently serving as Chief Financial Officer at Sandridge Foods. Chris has also served as Group Controller and Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis at Nordson Corporation and has experience in a variety of roles at Ernst & Young LLP.

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.] (NASDAQ: LQDA) announced that Kevin Gordon, President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire from his current role at Liquidia to focus on board and other advisory work. Mr. Gordon has agreed to continue his employment with the company until March 1, 2019.

Western Digital Corp. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: WDC) announced that Mark Long, chief financial officer, chief strategy officer and president, Western Digital Capital, has decided he will step down from his current role to pursue opportunities as a private equity investor. Long will remain an active member of the company’s leadership team through June 1, 2019. Long has served as Western Digital’s chief financial officer since 2016. Prior to that, he served as the company’s executive vice president and chief strategy officer since February 2013. Additionally, Long has served as president, Western Digital Capital, a strategic investment fund targeting innovative companies within the data infrastructure and broader technology industry aligned to Western Digital’s strategic plan, since February 2013.

Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. [ALPHARETTA, Ga.] (NASDAQ: PRTH) announced that Michael Vollkommer will be joining the Company as its new Chief Financial Officer and that Bruce Mattox will transition from Chief Financial Officer to a new role as Chief Accounting Officer. Vollkommer most recently served as the CFO of Vesta Corporation, and before that was the CFO of Mueller Water Products. From 2001 to 2006 Vollkommer was EVP and CFO of Certegy Inc.

The Scoular Company [OMAHA, Neb.] announced that Andrew Kenny will join Scoular as its Chief Financial Officer, effective January 2, 2019. Kenny joins Scoular from Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) where he was based in Switzerland serving as the Vice President and CFO of its Global Trade business. Kenny has served in commercial and finance leadership roles of escalating responsibility with ADM for the last eight years, both in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to joining ADM, Kenny served in domestic and international positions with Deloitte & Touche.

ImmunoGen, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.] (NASDAQ: IMGN) announced that David B. Johnston has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Johnston will remain employed with the Company through the end of 2018 and thereafter will serve as a consultant to provide transitional support. David Foster, Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, will continue to oversee ImmunoGen’s Finance and Accounting functions. Mark Enyedy, President and Chief Executive Officer, will serve on an interim basis as the Company’s principal financial officer, as well as lead its Investor Relations function.

The Amynta Group [NEW YORK] announced that Brian Seldess has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Interim CFO Josh Damon will work closely with Brian during a transition period to ensure continuity. Damon will be joining Amynta’s Board of Directors. Seldess joins Amynta from Solera where he was CFO & Regional Managing Director of its Audatex business and the leader of Solera’s global financial planning and analysis function. Prior to Solera, Brian was the Chief Financial and Operating Officer of SunGard Insurance. Brian joined SunGard after many years at Marsh & McLennan Companies where he held various executive positions. Prior to Marsh, he served for ten years as VP Business Development, Analysis and Planning with American Express.

Freedom Leaf Inc. [Las Vegas, NV] (OTCQB: FRLF) announced the promotion of Laurence Ruhe, currently the Company’s Controller, to Chief Financial Officer. Ruhe replaces Richard Groberg, who will remain on the Company’s Board and also serve on the Board’s newly-formed Finance Committee. Mr. Ruhe joined Freedom Leaf in July with over 30 years of finance experience, most recently as SVP of Global Finance at BMM International. Mr. Ruhe held senior finance positions at Progressive Gaming and Konami Gaming. Mr. Ruhe also worked in international banking, including positions at Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank, and Banca CRT.

J.Jill, Inc. [QUINCY, Mass.] (NYSE: JILL) announced that Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Operating Officer Dave Biese will be leaving the company on April 30, 2019.

Jason Warnick

Robinhood [Menlo Park, California] appointed Jason Warnick as Chief Financial Officer. Jason joins from Amazon where he spent nearly 20 years, most recently as VP of Finance and Chief of Staff to their CFO.

Hill International, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA] (NYSE: HIL) announced the appointment of Todd Weintraub as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Weintraub worked with CFO Outsource, LLC, and prior to that, spent 10 years with Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, serving as CFO for 7 years. Mr. Weintraub’s business experience includes serving on the Board of Directors for International Matex Tank Terminals, Atlantic Aviation, Macquarie Renewable Energy Holdings, Hawaii Gas, and Parking Company of America, where he was Chair. Mr. Weintraub replaces Interim Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer Greg Wolf.

Vivos Therapeutics [DENVER] announced Brad Amman has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Vivos Therapeutics Mr. Amman held executive leadership positions at CereScan and LifeVantage. Most recently, he served as CFO/COO at InLight Medical.

Seismic [SAN DIEGO] named John McCauley as their first Chief Financial Officer. McCauley brings more than a decade of experience in leading financial teams at firms including Illumina and ServiceNow.

Anthony H. Kim

Marker Therapeutics, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: MRKR) announced the appointment of Anthony H. Kimas its new Chief Financial Officer. Michael J. Loiacono, who has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer since August 2016, will continue in his role as Marker’s Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Marker Therapeutics, Mr. Kim was an Executive Director in the Healthcare Group at Nomura Securities International, Inc. Before joining Nomura, Mr. Kim was a Senior Vice President at Jefferies in their Healthcare group. Previously, he was an investment banker at Oppenheimer & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities.

Customers Bancorp, Inc. [WYOMISSING, PA] (NYSE: CUBI), the parent company of Customers Bank. announced that Carla Leibold was appointed to serve as the holding company and bank’s Chief Financial Officer, and as a member of the bank’s Office of the Chair. Leibold joined Customers in 2013 as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. Earlier in 2018, Leibold was promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. Prior to joining Customers, Leibold served as the principal accounting officer for Farmer Mac where she was the Vice President and Controller from 2010-2013. She also served as the Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting of Farmer Mac from 2007-2010. Leibold started her career in public accounting and held various roles of increasing leadership responsibility at Sallie Mae and Freddie Mac before joining Farmer Mac. Leibold replaces Robert Wahlman who is leaving for personal reasons and to pursue other interests.

AlixPartners [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Lisa Carnoy as its Chief Financial Officer. Lisa joins AlixPartners after 23 years of leadership experience at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, most recently as the Division Executive for the Northeast at U.S. Trust, the private bank within Bank of America, and as NYC Market President for Bank of America. Prior to her move to Wealth Management, she served as head of Global Capital Markets and head of Global Equity and Equity-Linked Capital Markets for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She replaces Ken Hiltz, who was serving as interim CFO. Ken will continue to play a leadership role at AlixPartners, returning to his position as a Managing Director with the firm’s Turnaround and Restructuring practice.

United Airlines [CHICAGO] (NYSE: UAL) announced Gerry Laderman has been named acting chief financial officer. He succeeds Andrew Levy, who has decided to leave United. Laderman currently serves as senior vice president of finance, procurement and treasurer and as a member of the senior executive leadership team.

MetLife, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MET) announced that Bill O’Donnell has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) for the U.S., succeeding Marlene Debel who was recently named executive vice president and head of the Retirement & Income Solutions business. O’Donnell currently serves as executive vice president and MetLife’s chief accounting officer (CAO). Prior to becoming CAO, he served as head of financial management reporting, CFO for MetLife’s Global Employee Benefits, and head of financial planning and projection for Latin America.

The Securities and Exchange Commission [Washington D.C.] announced that Caryn E. Kauffman has been named the agency’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ms. Kauffman has served as Acting CFO since February 2017. Ms. Kauffman previously served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer since 2013. She first joined the SEC in 2011, in the role of Chief Accounting Officer. Before joining the SEC, Ms. Kauffman spent twelve years in the audit practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

ON24 [SAN FRANCISCO] announced Ian Halifax has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Halifax most recently served as the CFO of Tintri. He also served as CFO at Wind River Systems. Halifax also served as a public-company CFO at Micromuse and Macrovision (now TiVO).

Houzz Inc. [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced that Richard Wong has joined the company as its first Chief Financial Officer. Wong joins Houzz after nearly eight years at LinkedIn, where he served as the company’s Vice President of Finance and played an instrumental part in building out and running the FP&A, treasury, investor relations, procurement and sales compensations teams. He was also deeply involved in the company’s IPO, earnings announcements, and M&A activities. Previously, Wong worked at Yahoo! Inc., Banc of America Securities, Lucent Technologies and JP Morgan.

West Corporation [OMAHA, Neb.] announced that Nancy Disman, the Company’s Chief Administrative Officer (“CAO”), will transition into the role of Chief Financial Officer and hold both titles. Ms. Disman joined West in November 2017 as the CAO and has overseen the Company’s finance and human resources departments as well as West’s strategic transformation program office. Disman has held many key leadership roles and has been involved in many significant transactions over the past several years. Most recently, she served as both Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer of TSYS’ Merchant Services Segment. Prior to TSYS, Ms. Disman served as Chief Financial Officer at TransFirst. She also served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Cynergy Data Corporation after 11 years at First Data Corporation in various leadership positions, including Chief Financial Officer of the Merchant Services Segment. West’s current Chief Financial Officer, Jan Madsen, will retire in the second half of 2018, and will transition the CFO role to Ms. Disman over the next several months.

xMatters [SAN RAMON, Calif.] announced the promotion of Kendra Niedziejko to Chief Financial Officer. Niedziejko had previously served as the company’s Vice President of Finance since October 2014, and has over 20 years of experience in building high-growth technology companies. Prior to joining xMatters, Niedziejko played a pivotal role in completing IPOs at both E-LOAN and OpenTable.

Dune Medical Devices [ALPHARETTA, Ga.] appointed Alan Bond as Chief Financial Officer. Bond joins the Dune Atlanta office after years with McKesson and Given Imaging.

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: APRN) announced the appointment of Tim Bensley as Chief Financial Officer, with an expected start date of May 21. Bensley most recently served as CFO of Acosta, Inc. Prior to joining Acosta, Bensley spent 29 years at PepsiCo, Inc. Starting at the Frito-Lay North America division, he progressed over five years through various roles in supply chain operations. Bensley spent the next 15 years in various finance leadership positions at Frito-Lay North America, heading the FP&A, Supply Chain Finance and Sales Finance organizations before being promoted to CFO of Frito-Lay Canada in 2005. In 2007, he moved to PepsiCo’s headquarters in Purchase, NY to lead the Corporate Strategy Group and was appointed CFO of Pepsi-Cola North America in 2008. In 2010, Bensley was promoted to CFO of PepsiCo Americas Foods. He was appointed Senior Vice President of PepsiCo Global Transformation in 2012.

Shane Ware

Modere [SPRINGVILLE, UTAH] announced the advancement of Shane Ware to Chief Financial Officer. Having served with the Company for 10 years in various roles of progressive responsibility, Shane was most recently Vice President of Finance for the Japan market. Prior to Modere, Ware worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Biothera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [EAGAN, Minn.] announced the appointment of Andrew D.C. LaFrence as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective May 29. LaFrence succeeds interim Chief Financial Officer Steve Karel, who will continue to serve on Biothera’s board of directors. Previously, LaFrence was Vice President Finance, Information Systems and Chief Financial Officer at Surmodics, Inc. for five years. Prior to Surmodics, he served as Chief Financial Officer for CNS Therapeutics. Mr. LaFrence was an audit partner at KPMG LLP where he focused on supporting venture-backed, high-growth medical technology, pharmaceutical, biotech and clean tech private and public companies. He has served on the Biothera Holding Corporation Board of Directors since 2011, including as Chairman of the Audit Committee. In connection with his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. LaFrence has resigned from his positions on the Boards of Directors of Biothera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Biothera Holding Corporation.

Surmodics, Inc. [EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.] (NASDAQ: SRDX) announced Andrew LaFrence will resign as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective May 25, 2018. Following LaFrence’s departure, Timothy J. Arens, Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy, will serve as interim CFO. Arens has served in his current role since February 2013. He joined Surmodics in February 2007 as Director, Business Development, was named Senior Director and General Manager of the in vitro diagnostics business unit in October 2010 and promoted to Vice President of Finance and interim CFO in August 2011.

PRGX Global, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: PRGX) announced that IT has appointed Deborah (Debbie) Schleicher as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller, effective May 21, 2018. Peter Limeri, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller, will remain with the Company until the end of June, 2018. Schleicher served as the Chief Financial Officer of IronPlanet, Inc. Prior to IronPlanet, Ms. Schleicher’s experience was in public accounting, most recently as the National Partner in Charge of Tax and Finance Optimization & Global Compliance and Reporting for Grant Thornton LLP. Ms. Schleicher began her career with, and later became a partner at, Arthur Andersen LLP.

Unitas Global [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Bob Pollan as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Unitas Global as COO, Pollan has held executive roles within major public companies, investment companies, and technology companies such as Universal Access, Mobility Technologies, and Procurian.

Tully Wyatt

Century Bridge Capital [DALLAS and BEIJING] announced that Tully Wyatt has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer. Wyatt will be replacing Jim McCoy who announced his retirement earlier this year. Wyatt brings more than 12 years of private equity experience to Century Bridge having previously provided accounting, finance and transaction advisory services to middle market private equity firms as well as being active in the day-to-day management of portfolio companies, including treasury, risk management, operational planning, financial forecasting, and board-level reporting.

Clinical Innovations [SALT LAKE CITY] announced the hiring of Michael Behling as its new chief financial officer. He joined Clinical Innovations as interim chief financial officer in February. Before joining Clinical Innovations, Behling served in CFO and chief accounting officer roles at Lasko Products, Light Wave Dental, and Imaging Advantage. Earlier in his career, he led the financial operations of Harris Broadcast (now Imagine Communications and GatesAir), Isola Group, Nivisys Industries, and LINE-X.

Town and Country Bank [SPRINGFIELD, Ill.] announced Doug Cheatham has joined the bank as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Doug comes to Town and Country from Old Second Bancorp located in Aurora, IL where he was EVP and CFO for 18 years. Prior to that, Doug had an 18-year career at Merchants Bancorp, Inc., also in Aurora, where he advanced to EVP and CFO in 1993.

Marc Wolff

Aldevron [FARGO, N.D.] announced that Marc Wolffhas been named Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Sancilio Pharmaceuticals Company, Inc. Prior to joining Sancilio Pharmaceuticals Company, Inc., Mr. Wolff served as Chief Financial Officer of JHP Pharmaceuticals, LLC. Prior to then, Mr. Wolff served in leadership roles in general management and finance at ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services, Catalent, and Cardinal Health.

Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. [NEW HAVEN, Conn.] announced that it has named Christopher J. Seiter as its Chief Financial Officer. Seiter most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Millendo Therapeutics from October 2016 to April 2018. Prior to transitioning to an operational role, Mr. Seiter spent 23 years as an investment banker, most recently as a Managing Director and Head of Life Sciences Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mr. Seiter also served in the U.S. Navy as a Nuclear Submarine Officer for five years.

Detechtion Technologies [HOUSTON] announced that Tammy Tapp-Gentry has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Tammy was CFO for Rand Group. Before Rand Group, Tammy was the Finance Director for Pinnacle Foods Group LLC.

Powell Industries, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: POWL) announced that Don R. Madison, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, plans to retire at the end of the fiscal year, after more than 17 years with the Company. Mr. Madison joined Powell in October 2001 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer since February 2007.

Baxter Lee

Clearwater Compliance [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced that Baxter Lee has been named chief financial officer. Current CFO, Mary Chaput, will transition into an advisory role and will continue to serve as a director on Clearwater’s Board. Lee is an established healthcare and technology executive who has held various positions across banking, private equity, and mergers and acquisitions.

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (NYSE: UTI) announced that Scott Yessner assumed the role of interim chief financial officer of the company. Yessner succeeds Bryce Peterson, who has left the company by mutual agreement to pursue other interests. Yessner will provide his services through an agreement between the Company and Tatum, a professional services company. Yessner is with Tatum, a Ranstad company, where he currently leads a consulting practice that specializes in helping publicly traded companies generate earnings and value transformation through strategy, business re-engineering and corporate development. Previously, Yessner was group CFO, Wealth and Corporate Banking with MUFG Union Bank and had CFO executive responsibility for accounting, SEC and regulatory reporting, treasury, strategy/M&A, FP&A, capital/external stakeholder management and governance. In addition, he was group CFO for Wells Fargo Advisors / Wachovia Securities. He has also held financial leadership roles at Jackson National Life Insurance Company, The Balance Sheet Company and Countrywide Financial Corporation.

The Linux Foundation [SAN FRANCISCO] announced Lisbeth McNabb is joining the organization as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). McNabb previously led teams at large organizations such as Match.com and PepsiCo. Her professional background includes 20+ years in innovation in growth and emerging stage businesses at Illuminate Education, founder DigiWorksCorp and w2wlink, American Airlines, AT&T and Sodexo. Lisbeth is a board of director, audit chair of Nexstar Media Group.

Susan Daggett

QDOBA Mexican Eats [SAN DIEGO] named Susan Daggett as Chief Financial Officer, following its March 2018 acquisition by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC from Jack in the Box Inc. Daggett has more than two decades of financial experience in the restaurant industry, most recently at Noodles & Company, where she served as interim Chief Financial Officer since June 2017 and Vice President of Finance since August 2016. She also held executive roles at Pinnacle Restaurant Group, Inc., Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc., and Arby’s Inc. Mr. Guilbault’s appointment as Chief Executive Officer is effective immediately. Ms. Daggett is expected to join QDOBA on May 23, 2018.

Lumeon [BOSTON] announced its first C-Suite hire in the United States with the appointment of John Freeman as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Since 2011, Mr. Freeman was employed at tonneson + co. Prior to his time at tonneson + co, Mr. Freeman served as a partner at Adler, Blanchard & Freeman LLP.

W. R. Grace & Co. [COLUMBIA, Md.] (NYSE: GRA) announced that by mutual agreement Thomas E. Blaser, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will resign from the company effective May 31, 2018 to pursue other interests. Following Blaser’s resignation, William C. Dockman, Vice President and Controller, will assume the role of interim Chief Financial Officer along with his current duties. Dockman has been the company’s Vice President and Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since 2012.

Karen Hartje

Sezzle [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that they have added Karen Hartje as Chief Financial Officer. Hartje comes to Sezzle as a veteran of the online payments and financial technology industries, and a proven track record of successful growth stimulation and strategic executive leadership. She was the early finance leader at Bluestem Brands.

Laboratory for Advanced Medicine (LAM) [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that the Company has appointed Richard Brand as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Brand joins LAM from BeyondSpring, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to BeyondSpring, he served as Acting CFO at KenCast. Over the years, Mr. Brand has also served in a variety of other roles with increasing importance at Prospect Capital, Robertson Stephens, Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch.

Deluxe Entertainment Services Group [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Eric Cummins as Chief Financial Officer. Cummins was previously CFO of Harland Financial Solutions, a MacAndrews & Forbes Company. then to Vista Equity Partners. Cummins also spent almost 15 years at Honeywell in executive management roles across finance, operations and general management.

JAGGAER [RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C.] appointed Vic Chynoweth as the company’s first Global Chief Financial Officer. Chynoweth was most recently at Planview, Inc., where he led finance for a global enterprise software company.

BillingTree [PHOENIX] announced the appointment of Bryan Schreiber as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining BillingTree, Schreiber held financial leadership positions at FinTech providers including FundTech and BankServ and was most recently head of Finance, US Payments, Treasury & Enterprise Solutions at D+H.

Avedro, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced that Thomas E. Griffin has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Mr. Griffin served as CFO of Entellus Medical, Inc., For 10 years, before transitioning to vice president of finance in May 2016. Prior to this, Mr. Griffin served in a variety of executive level financial positions at several organizations, including Digital Gene Technologies, Inc., Centerpulse Spine-Tech, Inc., and CIMA Labs Inc. He is a member of Helius Medical Technologies, Inc.’s board of directors, where he is chairperson of the audit committee.

Regis Corporation [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: RGS) announced that the Board has appointed Andrew H. Lacko as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lacko will replace Michael Pomeroy, who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since February. Mr. Lacko, currently serves as Senior Vice President, Global Financial Planning, Analysis and Corporate Development, of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Prior to joining Hertz in 2014, he held finance leadership positions of increasing responsibility at Best Buy, Northwest Airlines, and UnitedHealth Group.

Agilysys, Inc. [ALPHARETTA, Ga.] (NASDAQ: AGYS) announced that Tony Pritchett has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pritchett has been serving as Agilysys’s Interim CFO since November 2016. Prior to assuming the role of Interim CFO, Mr. Pritchett served as the Company’s Senior Director of Operations. He joined Agilysys in 2012 as Controller of the Company’s Retail Solutions Group, and served as the Company’s Corporate Controller. Prior to joining Agilysys, Mr. Pritchett served in various senior roles, including as director of financial reporting at PGI and in Grant Thornton’s assurance practice.

ABILITY® Network [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Jamison (Jamie) Rice has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Rice joined ABILITY from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (BCBSMN) where he held a number of executive leadership positons. Most recently he was EVP and chief administrative officer. Prior to that, he was SVP of Health Plan Operations and chief technology officer. He also served as SVP and CFO. Before joining BCBSMN he was principal and CFO for Yukon Partners Management, LLC. Earlier in his career he spent eight years at UnitedHealth Group in various leadership roles, including CFO of UnitedHealthcare, VP of Finance for UnitedHealthcare and CFO of UnitedHealth Networks. Rice began his career as a certified public accountant, working for one of the largest accounting firms in the country.

Hain Celestial Group, Inc. [LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: HAIN) announced the appointment of James M. Langrock as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. James succeeds Pasquale Conte who is leaving to pursue other opportunities. James joined Hain Celestial in November 2015 as Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Monster Worldwide, Inc. Previously, James served in senior finance positions at Motorola, Inc., including Chief Financial Officer of Motorola’s Enterprise Mobility Division, Symbol Technologies, where he served as Head of Internal Audit and Chief Accounting Officer, and Citibank, N.A. as well as a Senior Manager at Arthur Andersen LLP.

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. [RALEIGH, N.C.] (NYSE: MLM) announced that Anne H. Lloyd will retire as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company. The Board of Directors has identified James A. J. Nickolas as Ms. Lloyd’s successor, and will serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Nickolas most recently led the Corporate Development group at Caterpillar Inc., and previously served as Group Chief Financial Officer of the Resources Industries segment and the Global Mining division of Caterpillar. Before joining Caterpillar in 2008, Mr. Nickolas was Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. Mr. Nickolas began his professional career as a Certified Public Accountant at Coopers & Lybrand.

Mitek [SAN DIEGO and LONDON] (NASDAQ: MITK) announced that Jeff Davison has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Davison will replace Russ Clark, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Davison recently served as CFO at RightNow Technologies, and also served as VP Sales Operations and VP Finance and Operations. Mr. Davison also previously served as an SVP at NetSuite, CFO of Outbrain, and in senior finance and sales positions at other leading tech companies.

GlyEco, Inc. [ROCK HILL, SC] (OTC PINK: GLYE) announced the appointment of Brian Gelman as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Gelman held various positions of increasing responsibility, including Interim Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller and Assistant Controller, with Warren Resources, Inc., from April 2002 to March 2016. From August 1998 to April 2002, Mr. Gelman was employed at EisnerAmper, LLP.

Carter Bank & Trust [MARTINSVILLE, Va.] (OTC: CARE) announced that Wendy S. Bell will serve as the Bank’s Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Bell began her career at S&T Bancorp, Inc., where she served in a number of roles ranging from staff accountant to Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Most recently, she has served as the Senior Vice President and Senior Finance Officer of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation in Indiana, Pennsylvania since 2010.

THE VOID [SALT LAKE CITY] announced the appointment of Jeff Ruggels as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he led finance operations for fast-growth technology startups including Alpha Animation as Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations. Ruggels also served as Vice President and Head of Finance at Jaunt, Inc. Prior to Jaunt, he spent 14 years working at The Walt Disney Studios before joining Lucasfilm as Vice President of Finance & Operations.

Oversight Systems [ATLANTA, GA] has named Geoff Brannon as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Oversight, Brannon worked as Division CFO of NCR Corporation’s hospitality business. He joined NCR by way of its acquisition of Radiant Systems in 2011, where he was corporate controller after a successful progression of various management roles in its accounting function. Brannon also worked at LSI Corporation, and started his career in the assurance practice of KPMG.

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Stitch Fix [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Paul Yee has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Yee most recently served as the Global Chief Financial Officer at People Against Dirty. Yee has nearly 20 years of experience with brands like Peet’s Coffee, Gap and Old Navy.

Aytu BioScience, Inc. [ENGLEWOOD, Colo.] (OTCQX: AYTU) announced the hiring of Gregory A. Gould as the company’s full-time Chief Financial Officer, following his tenure as Aytu’s part-time CFO. Greg has worked with Aytu BioScience’s management team since the company’s inception in April 2015. Prior to joining Aytu BioScience on a full-time basis, he split his time between Aytu and Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from April 2015 until June 2017. Prior to joining Ampio Pharmaceuticals in June 2014, he provided financial and operational consulting services to the biotech industry through his consulting company, Gould, LLC. Mr. Gould was Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of SeraCare Life Sciences from November 2006 until April 2012. During the period from July 2011 until April 2012, Mr. Gould also served as the Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of SeraCare. Mr. Gould has held several other executive positions at publicly traded life sciences companies including the Chief Financial Officer role at Atrix Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Gould was the Chief Financial Officer at Colorado MedTech, Inc. Mr. Gould began his career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen, LLP. He currently serves on the board of directors of CytoDyn, Inc.

Smith Micro Software, Inc. [ALISO VIEJO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SMSI) announced the appointment of Timothy C. Huffmyer as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Huffmyer will succeed Steven Yasbek, who has served as Smith Micro’s Chief Financial Officer since 2014, who has concurrrently resigned to pursue other interests. Huffmyer served as CFO of Black Box Network Services since 2012, and previously held several positions within the company reflecting a series of promotions that include Director of Finance and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining Black Box in 2003, Huffmyer served in various financial leadership and accounting roles at Ernst & Young, PrintCafe, Inc., CoManage Corporation and ITPI Staffing.

Callon Petroleum Company [NATCHEZ, Miss.] (NYSE: CPE) announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Correne S. Loeffler as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Loeffler assumes this role from Joe Gatto, Callon’s Chief Executive Officer and President, and will continue to perform her current duties as the Company’s Treasurer. Ms. Loeffler joined Callon in April 2017 from JPMorgan Securities, LLC where she spent the past ten years in the Corporate Client Banking Group, including her service as Callon’s relationship manager since 2013.

Fidelity Southern Corporation [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: LION) announced the appointment of Charles D. Christy as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) of the Company and of its subsidiary, Fidelity Bank. Current Chief Financial Officer Stephen H. Brolly, who has been with the Company for 11 years, will continue to serve the Company as an officer in Fidelity Southern and Fidelity Bank. Mr. Christy joins Fidelity Southern from CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc. (“CSB”), where he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the past seven years. Prior to joining CSB, Mr. Christy was Chief Financial Officer of Citizens Republic Bancorp. He was with CRBC for over eight years. Prior to joining CRBC, Mr. Christy was with Bank One for over 12 years holding a number of key leadership positions as either Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer in divisions. Before joining Bank One, Mr. Christy spent seven years in healthcare consulting with Deloitte & Touche and served as controller in a privately-held manufacturing operation for five years in Cincinnati.